a. Her. Made like a coronet; ornamented on the upper side coronet-wise.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, I. iv. 33/1. He beareth Or, a Bend Archee, Coronettee on the top side, Gules. Some say haveing the higher side Coronett-wayes. Morgan … termeth this a Coronet in Bend, but he should then have said (Extended in Bend) because it reacheth from side to side of the shield.
186[?]. Parker, Gloss. Heraldic Terms, 108. These are the paternal arms of his R. H. Prince Albert. The bearing is sometimes called ‘a ducal coronet in bend,’ and sometimes, more properly, ‘a bend archee coronetty.’
